Meanings
- not comparableWithout a mouth.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving no mouth or mouthlike opening
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishmūþlēas“mouthless”
- Middle English*mouthles
- Englishmouthless
From Middle English *mouthles, from Old English mūþlēas (“mouthless”), equivalent to mouth + -less.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἄστομος
- ἄστομος (ástomos)without a mouth
Cite this entry
mouthless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouthless
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